Contents: Preface. Contributors. I. Human resource initiatives: Experiential learning: 1. The caterer: understanding negotiating process/Parth Sarathi. 2. Signature: introducing participants/Mahaveer Jain. 3. Measuring assertiveness training/Sushama Khanna. 4. Instant connect: an icebreaker for new teams/Rekha Bharadwaj. 5. Increasing employee retention through employee engagement: a challenge for HR/Sushama Khanna. 6. Conflict: by-product of growth and creativity/Mahaveer Jain. II. Human resources initiatives : Insights and practices: 7. Aligning HRD with business: issues and approaches/Parth Sarathi. 8. From personnel to HRM to strategic HRM: The Indian journey/Kuldeep Singh. 9. Organizational characteristics and leadership effectiveness: a study of leadership in a private and public sector bank/C.N. Krishna Naik, G.V. Prabhakar and G. Swapna Bhargavi. 10. Organisational culture and NGO performance/Jimmy C. Dabhi. 11. Designing and implementing performance management system an experience/Parth Sarathi. 12. Harnessing human potential/L.M. Senapaty. 13. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) club: a 100 day's HR intervention to develop emotional competency/P.T. Sunderam. 14. Transactional analysis theory of social games/Sushama Khanna. 15. Getting the best of on the job training/Parth Sarathi. 16. Insights on emotional intelligence/Yogesh Misra.
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